1963-1969

Presents background information on the Cold War and the Vietnam war as context for events surrounding the Democratic Party Convention of 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, focusing on the street confrontations between police and activists during the convention.

An account of the thirty-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides.

Provides an account of Robert F. Kennedy's campaign for president of the United States which began when he announced his candidacy on March 16, 1968, and ended eighty-two days later with his assassination, and attempts to answer the question of what he had that drew people to him and causes him to be remembered forty years later.

Examines how and why America went to war in Vietnam, and investigates the question of why men who were said to be the ablest to serve in government in the twentieth century had been the architects of the tragic conflict.

Primary documents examine the key issues that presidents faced from 1953 to 1969, offering arguments both for and against each president's actions and views.

William Pepper, attorney and friend to Martin Luther King, describes his investigation into King's 1968 assassination and claims that King was the victim of a conspiracy involving the FBI, CIA, the military, organized crime, and the Memphis police, and discusses the 1999 wrongful death suit won by the King family.

Uses biographical, analytical, and primary source historical material to chronicle the life and political career of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of the United States.

Explores the relationship between the Kennedy administration and the assassination of the president, looking at how the actions and interactions between Jack, Bobby, and their father Joe, contributed to the rise and fall of the Kennedy dynasty.

A collection of writings that study the events of the 1960s from the perspective of new leftists, liberals, and conservatives.

Examines Johnson's political and personal life from his childhood to his death in 1973.